In Loving Memory
Keith Bare

VISITATION
Thursday, May 23, 2019
4:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Martin-Mattice Funeral Home
Emmetsburg, Iowa

MASONIC SERVICE
Thursday, May 23, 2019
6:30 P.M.
Martin-Mattice Funeral Home
Emmetsburg, Iowa

SERVICE
Friday, May 24, 2019
10:30 A.M.
First United Methodist Church
Emmetsburg, Iowa

CLERGY
Pastor Lana Williams

INTERMENT
Evergreen Cemetery
Emmetsburg, Iowa

Keith Leslie Bare, son of Charles Leslie and Ethel Beatrice (Bice) Bare, was born February 13, 1937 in Urbana, Iowa. He attended country schools in rural Independence, Iowa and graduated from Independence High School in 1955. Following high school Keith attended the University of Northern Iowa. He earned a B.A. Degree in 1959 with a science major, emphasis on chemistry and physics and a minor in mathematics. Keith continued his education by attending Illinois Wesleyan University where he received his M.S.T. Degree in 1964 with a chemistry major. He did additional graduate work at UNI and Montana State University.

On August 2, 1959, Keith was united in marriage to Janice Ann Jentz at St. John's Lutheran Church in Fenton, Iowa. They were blessed with two sons, Scott and Ryan.

Keith taught science and math in Coon Rapids and Marshalltown before purchasing and moving to a farm near Emmetsburg in 1964. Keith farmed and taught chemistry, physics and math in the communities of Graettinger and Spencer before teaching in the Emmetsburg school system from 1965 until 1995.

While teaching, Keith served on the Iowa State Education Association NW District Board, UniServe Unit X Board and the local Education Association. Keith retired from teaching in 1995 and continued farming until 2003.

Keith served and chaired the Iowa State University Extension Council. He was Past Master of Earnest Masonic Lodge and was a fifty year Mason. Keith was an active and devoted member of the First United Methodist Church in Emmetsburg where he served and chaired many committees. He also served six years on the Condominium Board of the Lighthouse Point Owners Association in Milford.

Keith enjoyed spending time with his family and friends at Emerson Bay condo at Lake Okoboji. After his retirement, he stayed active restoring Allis-Chalmers antique tractors, going on tractor rides, boating and snowmobiling.

Keith passed away Monday, May 20, 2019, at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, Iowa, at the age of 82. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Ethel Bare; three sisters, Mary Eva Nelson, Lois Huber and Margean Croal; and a brother, Gifford Charles Bare.

He is survived by his wife, Janice of Emmetsburg, Iowa; his sons, Scott Bare of Houston, Texas and Ryan Bare and his wife, Amanda of Spencer, Iowa; three grandchildren, Andrew, Lauren and Rachel Bare; a brother, Norman Bare of Kimberling City, Missouri; as well as many other relatives and friends.

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home